Head Count

Name: Head Count
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: June 14, 2019
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 48
Cast: A.J. Helfet, Amaka Obiechie, Ashleigh Morghan, Bevin Bru, Billy Meade

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: June 14, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: A.J. Helfet, Amaka Obiechie, Ashleigh Morghan, Bevin Bru, Billy Meade, Catherine Tapling, Chelcie May, Hunter Peterson, Isaac Jay, Jay Lee, Michael Herman, Sam Marra, Tory Freeth

Summary: Newcomer Evan joins a group of teens on a getaway in Joshua Tree. While exchanging ghost stories around the campfire, Evan reads aloud a mysterious chant from an internet site. From that moment, someone--or something--is among them. As unsettling, inexplicable events become more frequent, Evan realizes this summoned shape-shifting creatureNewcomer Evan joins a group of teens on a getaway in Joshua Tree. While exchanging ghost stories around the campfire, Evan reads aloud a mysterious chant from an internet site. From that moment, someone--or something--is among them. As unsettling, inexplicable events become more frequent, Evan realizes this summoned shape-shifting creature is targeting them to fulfill a deadly ritual.… Expand

Director: Elle Callahan

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Dennis Harvey

Jun 12, 2019

This is all a lot more interesting than some guy in a mask running around with a kitchen knife. Though not at all comedic like the “Happy Death Day” films, Head Count similarly plays with narrative perception in clever ways. It’s an admirably disciplined film with committed performances by actors playing characters more complicated than the usual horror casualty list. Read full review

Justin Lowe

Jun 15, 2019

Favoring psychological chills over blood-soaked mayhem, Callahan’s impressively crafted debut nods to recent horror classics while displaying an eminently distinctive vision of its own. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

Jun 15, 2019

There’s a great story buried somewhere deep within the desert that is Head Count – about a brotherly bond, about jealousies that assume anthropomorphic shapes, about a demon that literally reflects our insecurities. Ellen Callahan hints at those stories but ends up telling the most basic version. Read full review

Noel Murray

Jun 19, 2019

Most of the first half of director Ellie Callahan’s supernatural thriller Head Count feel like a waste of time, made all the more frustrating once the movie starts to improve. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Sep 26, 2019

Yeah, Head Count loses its head in the third act. Whatever promise it had is long gone by then (there’s little urgency among the stoners, the threat seems more existential than real). And in a crowd of characters we have zero time to develop empathy for (like their director, they’re all beautiful), when the Big Moment comes, the only sane response is “Who cares?” Read full review

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bartcbem

Jul 27, 2019

Its nothing spectacular but you can clearly see that it was made by a group of people who are fans of horror and were trying their best. Also very nice cinematography and pretty decent acting from all the young members of the cast.

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umaumai

Jun 9, 2020

This movie starts with a lot of promise, but that unfortunately that just turns into a lot of problems as there isn’t a lot moving this film forward. The mostly good acting and dialogue isn’t enough to keep this somewhat empty horror story from falling short of its mark. It is filmed wellThis movie starts with a lot of promise, but that unfortunately that just turns into a lot of problems as there isn’t a lot moving this film forward. The mostly good acting and dialogue isn’t enough to keep this somewhat empty horror story from falling short of its mark. It is filmed well enough and there is actually a plot which is more then I can say about a lot of things I have seen from this decade. There just isn’t enough happening in this psychological horror thriller so it’s hard for me to recommend it. However, I ended up liking it more then I thought I would by the time the end credits started.… Expand

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